Daphne's POV I couldn’t breathe.Not really.Not in the way a person was supposed to — deep and steady, from the belly and up through the lungs. I was breathing in shallow gulps, like someone whose head had been pushed just beneath the surface of water. Like someone barely hanging on.The boardroom was still full of people, still humming with excitement, whispers, congratulations passed around like bitter mints. But to me, it all felt distant. Like I was in a tunnel. I could see lips moving, hands shaking, people patting one another’s backs—but no sound reached me.Just a loud, hollow ringing in my ears.*They voted.*I blinked slowly, trying to steady my hands beneath the table. I couldn’t let them see me unravel. Not now. Especially not her.I turned my eyes slowly toward Christine. She was standing, smug, her crimson lips curled in that trademark smirk of hers—so subtle, so smug, so wickedly victorious. She caught my eye and didn’t flinch. If anything, she smiled wider.The venomo
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